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Canstruction Charity Competition

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Canstruction®, a design/build charity competition, will feature eight teams from St. Louis area architectural and engineering firms who will design and build structures entirely out of cans. The structures will be built Sat., Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at America’s Center located at 701 Convention Plaza.

The structures will be available for viewing free of charge from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Thurs., Oct. 26. Hastings+Chivetta Architects is hosting the event, and all canned goods used to create the structures will be donated to Operation Food Search.

Founded in 1992, Canstruction® is an international non-profit charity which distributes millions of pounds of food to local hunger relief organizations annually through its unique design/build competitions and special events. The events are held across North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. For more details, visit http://www.canstruction.org.

Founded in 1981, Operation Food Search (OFS) is a hunger relief organization that provides food and nutrition education. With a strategic focus aimed at ending childhood hunger, OFS empowers families with a range of programs and services proven to reduce food insecurity and increase access to healthy and affordable food. The agency helps feed more than 200,000 individuals on a monthly basis – one-third of which are children – through a network of 330 community partners in 31 Missouri and Illinois counties.

Operation Food Search is located at 1644 Lotsie Blvd. For more information, call (314) 726-5355 or visit http://www.OperationFoodSearch.org.